Letter from Frederick T. Quiett, 1945:

Contrary to what the Aztec News Letter has published, Quiett is stationed in the Aleutian Islands, making ten-hour trips to the Kuril Islands. Censorship prevents him from saying more about his missions, but it seems likely that these were part of Project HULA leading up to the invasion of the Kuril...

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Other Authors: Quiett, Frederick T. (author), Post, Lauren (Recipient)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1945
Subjects:
World War II > Aviation > Airplanes > B-24 Liberator
World War II > Battle of Shumshu
World War II > Campaigns > Pacific
World War II > Censorship
World War II > Invasions > Kuril Islands
World War II > Lend-lease
World War II > Manchurian Strategic Offensive
World War II > Operation August Storm
World War II > Project Hula
Bickham
Noel O
Moeser
William Brad
United States Army Air Forces
28th Composite Group
404th Bombardment Squadron
Fitzgerald
Hula
Pacific
Semichi Islands
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:64384
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Summary:Contrary to what the Aztec News Letter has published, Quiett is stationed in the Aleutian Islands, making ten-hour trips to the Kuril Islands. Censorship prevents him from saying more about his missions, but it seems likely that these were part of Project HULA leading up to the invasion of the Kuril Islands. Lauren C. Post Box 9, Folder 2; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shumshu; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Kuril_Islands assume these were supply or personnel runs for Project HULA; email received from John Fitzgerald, Archivist for the Rock Island District (.mil) & former archivist for NARA Seattle, 13th Naval District saying keywords are OK & to add Project HULA dated 10/14/2015--he recommended this URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hula

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